Biography

B. Lenin born as Bhimsingh Lenin is an Indian film editor, writer and director who works in Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi films. The son of Tamil film maker A. Bhimsingh, Lenin entered the film industry as an assistant editor and went on to work in numerous projects before making his debut as an independent editor with Mahendran's Uthiripookkal (1979). In the mid 1980s, Lenin started jointly working with his long-time assistant V. T. Vijayan and the duo has so far edited over a hundred films in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi films, apart from an English film, Eli My Friend.^[1]

As of 2017, Lenin has won five National Film Awards, including the awards for Best Direction and Best Editing. He was the chairman of the Film Federation of India of India in 2011.

Selected filmography[edit]

As editor[edit]

As director[edit]

As actor[edit]

As assistant editor[edit]

Awards[edit]

National Film Awards[edit]

• 1992 – Knock-Out – Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director (Also producer)
• 1994 – Kaadhalan – Best Editing (shared with V. T. Vijayan)
• 1995 – Kutravali and Oodaha – Best Non-Feature Film Editing (shared with V. T. Vijayan)
• 2001 – Ooruku Nooruper – National Film Award for Best Direction
• 2001 – Ooruku Nooruper – National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards[edit]

• 1988 – Best Editor
• 1994 – Best Editor – Kaadhalan
• 2010 – Best Editor – Namma Gramam

Kerala State Film Awards[edit]

• 1990 – Best Editor
• 1993 – Best Editor – Sopanam

Vijay Awards[edit]

• 2006 – Vijay Awards Special Jury Award for Editing

Rotary Club Of Madras East[edit]

• 2017 -Dronacharya Award